Samuel Davis, Tennessee Land Grant#16941

Samuel Davis, Sr. and Lucinda, his wife, moved their family from the Carolinas to Warren County, Tennessee in 1818 or shortly thereafter. There on 8 Nov. 1819, he made application for a pension which was granted on his N. C. service in the Revolutionary War. (No. S 39496).  

The US government also granted bounty land for Revolutionary War service. On 7 May 1822 the following land grant, Certificate#16941 for 228 Acres was issued by the State of Tennessee to Samuel Davis and his heirs. 

Transcription:

Recorded 7^th May 1822 page 61

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, NO. 16941

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting;

KNOW YE, That by virtue of Certificate No. 1395 dated the 15^th day of May 1820 ifsued by the Board of Commifsioners for West Tennefsee to Samuel Davis for 228 acres and entered on the 9th day of December 1820 by No. 78 ~

There is granted by the said state of Tennessee, unto the said Samuel Davis and his Heirs~

A certain tract or parcel of land, containing two hundred and twenty eight acres by survey bearing date the 18^th day of April 1821 lying in the ninth District in Stewart County in the ninth Section and Second Range and bounded as follows to wit Beginning at a stake and white oak two hundred and eighty poles east from the north west corner of said Section running thence south two hundred poles to a beach and white oak thence east one hundred and eighty two and one half poles to two white oak thence north two hundred poles to a hickory and black oak thence west to the Beginning~

With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land, with its appurtenances to the said Samuel Davis and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, William Carroll Governor of the state of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed, at Murfreesboro on the thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two and in the Independence of the United States, the Forty Sixth.

BY THE GOVERNOR,                                                             Wm Carroll

Daniel Graham                                                                  Secretary

Samuel Davis, Sr. did not hold onto this land very long after securing title to the grant, On 25 September, Samuel Davis sold this 228 acres tract to Warham Easley for $250.00. 

DEED BOOK 1, Page 159-160
Samuel Davis Deed to Warham Easley
Registered 12th Decm.} This indenture made this the 25th of September 1822 between Samuel Davis of the County of Dickson and State of Tennefsee of the one part and Warham Easley of the County of Madison and State aforesaid of the other part----
Witnefseth that the Sd Davis on his part and in consideration of the sum of two hundred & fifty Dollars to him in hand paid by the Sd Easley the receipt is hereby acknowledged hath given granted bargained Sold aliened conveyed and confirmed unto the Sd Warham Easley his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in Madison County and Sate aforesaid in the 9th district 9th Section and 2 range bounded as follows to wit beginning at a Stake and white oak it being the beginning corner of a tract of two hundred and twenty eight acres granted to him the Sd Samuel Davis by No.16941 running thence south with the West (pg 160) boundary line of Sd tract thirty nine and three fourth poles to a Stake thence East one hundred eighty two and a half poles to a stake on the east boundary line of Sd Tract thence North thirty nine and three fourths poles to the North east corner of Sd tract to a hickory and black oak thence West with Sd line to thee beginning containing by estimation forty five acres be the same more or lefs [to] have and to hold the above described land and bargained premises and to the said Warham Easley his heirs and assigns to there only proper use benefit and behoof and the Sd Samuel Davis for himself his heirs executors and administrators doth covenant and agree to and with the Sd Warham Easley his heirs and afsigns to quit claim and forever release all his right title claim and interest to and in the same or anywise thereunto appertaining and the Sd Samuel Davis doth further agree to warrant and defend against the claim or claims of all persons whatsoever lawfully claiming in testimony whereof the said Samuel Davis hath hereunto set his hand & affixed his Seal the day and date first above written.
Signed Sealed and delivered                     Samuel Davis {Seal}
In presents <sic> of
Joseph Linn
Robert Dickson

Why did he only hold onto this land for 4 short years before selling? 

 Samuel Davis, Sr. is my 4th Great Grand Uncle.

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1. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/74956:2882

2. Madison County, Tennessee, DEED BOOK 1: Page 159-160, Samuel Davis Deed to Warham Easley; Register of Deeds, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.

It’s Family Time~Samuel Davis, Sr. and Lucinda Munsey

Samuel Davis, Sr. was born September 1757 in Marion County, South Carolina. He was the son of the Rev. David Davis and his wife Jane Miles. He was the fourth of 6 sons and one daughter born to David and Jane Davis. My 4th Great Grandfather, Thomas Davis, was their youngest child. 

Samuel Davis’ Revolutionary War Pension shows that Samuel moved to North Carolina before 1776 and enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War  in Bute County in April 1776 serving in Capt. Turner’s Company, Col. Sumner's regiment, 3rd NC Continental Line. Ha also served 8 months in the SC Militia,

Samuel Davis married Lucinda R. Munsey in 1783. Where the marriage took place is unknown but it could have been in Bute County, North Carolina. 

Samuel is said to have moved to North Carolina before 1776, spent 14 years in Bute County before moving back to South Carolina where he spent 15 years before moving to Tennessee in 1818. The Numbers just do not add up.  

Before their move to Tennessee, Samuel and Lucinda Davis would increase their family to 10 or 11 children; 4 daughter and 6 or 7 sons. The first born in 1795 in North Carolina  and the last born in 1809 in South Carolina. 

See Revolutionary War_S39406 NC. Samuel applied for his pension on 9 October 1819 in Tennessee.

Samuel Davis received a Revolutionary War Land Grant on 18 Oct 1800; Certificate#16941. Tennessee General Land Grants; Roll 43: Book T, page 61. On 25 September 1822 in 3 separate land transaction he sold 456 acres of land in Madison County, Tennessee. The 228 acres tract was the tract labeled certificate #16941. This tract he sold to Warham Easley.  

Samuel Davis, Sr. died at age 83, on 8 June 1840 in Warren County, Tennessee. No tombstone has been found. Lucinda R. (Munsey) is with her Daughter-in-law, Rachel (Tilson) Davis and her husband James Cade Davis. I have no proof that James Cade Davis is the son of Lucinda (Munsey) Davis but it makes sense since she is listed in the Household. 

1850 Census, Washington County, Tennessee

Related Article:

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2022/03/two-books-two-families-two-results.html 

Lucinda R. (Munsey) died abt 1851. No record of her death has yet been found. 

Samuel Davis and Lucinda R. Munsey had the following children:

 i. Benjamin Munsey Davis, born abt 1785, Bute County, North Carolina.

 ii. Samuel Davis Jr., born abt 1787, Bute County, North Carolina; married Jane Richardson, abt 1819; died abt 1845/6.

 iii. James U. Davis was born about 1789 in Bute County, North Carolina. He died.

 iv. David Davis, born abt 1791, Bute County, North Carolina; married Margaret Fowler, bef 1829.

 v. Lucinda Davis was born about 1794 in Bute County, North Carolina.

vi. Frances Davis, born abt 1797, Bute County, North Carolina; married Jonathan Davis, 1812; died 1854.

vii. Joseph H. Davis, born abt 1806, South Carolina; married Hannah Lamb, 12 Jul 1828, Maury, Tennessee.

vii. Rachel Davis was born about 1802 in Chester District, South Carolina. She lived in 1818–1819. She appeared in the census in 1850.

ix. Mary C. Davis was born about 1806.

x. William Davis, born abt 1809, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Priscilla Bryant, bef 1840, Alabama; died bef 17 May 1861, Attala County, Mississippi.

James Cade Davis may also be a son of Samuel and Lucinda R. (Munsey} Davis

• James Cade Davis, born 15 Jan 1795, Bute County, North Carolina; married Rachel Tilson, 12 Sep 1822, Washington, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1855, Washington County, Tennessee.

Samuel Davis, Sr. is my 4th Great Grand Uncle and by marriage Lucinda R. Munsey is my 4th Great Grand Aunt.

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1. Madison County, Tennessee, DEED BOOK 1: Page 159-160, Samuel Davis Deed to Warham Easley; Register of Deeds, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.

2. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, microfilm publication M804 (Washington, DC: 

3. Samuel DAVIS, compiled military record (1776-1778), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.

4. Samuel DAVIS, Warrant or Survey Number: 3361, 18 October 1800; Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Certificate No. 16941; Dept. of Archives and History, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

5. 1850 U. S. Census, Washington County, Tennessee, population schedule, Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee, Page: 193(Stamped); Line 35, Dwelling 1270, Family 1298, Household of James C. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 16 February 2022); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 898.

6. Tennessee Genealogy Trails, Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy, Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution (http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/revwarsoldiers.html : viewed 16 June 2022), Samuel Davis, , Service in Revolutionary War.

Samuel Davis, Sr.–Revolutionary War Soldier

Samuel Davis, Sr. was borne abt 1757, a son of  David Davis and Jane Miles. He married Lucinda R. Munsey about 1783. This marriage most likely took place in what is today Marion County, South Carolina. About 1818-1819, Samuel and Lucinda with some of their children moved to Warren County, Tennessee. 

Pension Application of Samuel Davis S39406 NC

Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris. Revised 24 Oct 2014.

The representation of Samuel Davis a resident of the State of Tennessee Warren County To the Honorable the Secretary of War of the United States. Humbly shews that in April in the year 1776 in the State of North Carolina in Bute County he enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States under Captain Jacob Turner in the Third Regiment of North Carolina in the continental establishment commanded by Colo Jethro Sumner. that he continued in service in said company and under the same Captain until the battle of German-Town [Germantown PA, 4 Oct 1777] at which time Captain Turner was killed. he was then attached to the company of Captain Keader Ballad [sic: Kedar Ballard] and remained in his company during the next winter at Valley Forge [sic: Valley Forge] and in the next spring was transferred to Captain Benj’n. Williams [Benjamin Williams’s] company belonging to the 2d No Carolina regiment and continued there untill October 1778. when he was discharged by Colo Patton [sic: John Patten] having served two years & six months. he was in two engagements at Valentines Hill in the State of New York [in Westchester County near Pelham; possibly during Battle of Long Island, 27 Aug 1776]. he was not in the battle of German Town in consequence of being ordered as one of the guard to guard the baggage of Gen’l. Washington after he was discharged he served six months in the militia of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. after the peace he lived in North Carolina about fourteen years and then he lived in South Carolina about fifteen years since which time he has been in Tennessee State. he is aged about Sixty two years. he represents that he is a very poor man and that he is not able to support himself by labor without much difficulty and stands in need of the aid of his government by receiving a pension agreeable to the act of the Congress of U States passed in 1818. he also represents that he has not in his possession his discharge the same having been sent formerly to the office of the Secretary of North Carolina & lost or mislaid by length of time so that he cannot now furnish the same he has never received any pay or pension from the United States & relinquishes any which he may been titled to under any other or former law than that passed in 1818. and prays to be placed on the pension list for the State of Tennessee agreeable to said act [9 Oct 1819]

[William Douglass, pension application S38667,  certified Davis’s service.]

State of Tennessee}
Dickson County } Sct.. On this first day of January 1821 personally appeared in Open Court, being a court of record for the said County Samuel Davis aged sixty four years resident in the said County of Dickson & State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows; That he enlisted as a private in the month of April 1776 in the Third Regiment of the North Carolina line in the Company of Capt Jacob Turner and that he served two years and a half; That he has received a pension & that the number of his pension Certificate is 15, 798.And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit: one Land Warrant of 228 acres Indebted Justly Fifty four dollars That my occupation heretofore was farming, but I am now so disabled from age & infirmity as to be totally unable to pursue that occupation and that I have no family residing with me.

[The following is on a separate sheet, undated and unsigned, but it appears to have accompanied a letter to the Pension Commissioner dated 4 May 1822.]my Land warrant I obtained after proving my Service for which location I was compel to give 45 acres To another for a hors 4085 leaving a Ballance to my self of 134 acres which I was compeld to sell at $3 pr acre in consequence of Being struck of the pension List I think after I pay all my Just debts & git me som clothing the Ballanc will be 200 dollars – I have never drew But 37 dollars

State of Tennessee }
Davidson County } Sct. On this eighteenth day of May in the year 1824, personally appeared in open court being a court of record, for the fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee held in said County, Samuel Davis,resident in said County, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1820. That he, the said Samuel Davis enlisted in the month of April 1776 in the State of North Carolina in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jethro Sumner in the line of the State of North Carolina in the third regiment in the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until about two years & a half had elapsed after his enlistment, when he was discharged from the said service, in Fredericksburg (or Fredericktown) in the State of New York, that his name has been placed on the pension list, and drop there from on account of his property.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress entitled, “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, and property, or securities, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
  –One horse, saddle & bridle worth $40.00
-One note of hand on E. Turner for sixteen dollars & fifty cents sent to J. Allen of Montgomery County, who is entitled out of it to 2.50 dolls 14.00
-One note on E. Davis (my son) which I do not expect to get, because he has gone out of the state, & I do not know where he is gone 49.50
$103.50
I am in infirm state of body, and have been for many years, and cannot pursue my occupation whereby to gain a support. My infirmity is in some measure owing to a hurt on the back received by a fall from a horse. I have not had any certain place of abode for some time past, & have had to shift the best way I could in order to obtain a scanty support. I have had but one dollar since last November. All my family are separated from me, and are unable to afford me a decent sustenance, having to provide for themselves, and some of them for their families. I am now indebted according to the best of my present information in about the sum of sixty dollars. That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.

Names of persons to whom sold
Robert Dickson of Dickson County, Tennessee Bartlet Stuart - the location of the warrant of Madison County Tennessee
Time of Sale.
1st September 1821 – sold to Dickson. Deed was made about a year afterward. When a deed was also made to a Maj’r Lynn for the locations part due Stuart.

Amount of money, or description of property received in return.
Forty five acres given to Stuart as his charges for location. The balance of the land (183 acres) sold for $3 per acres,amounting to $549– in notes of hand,and in a horse & colt.

In a few days after I received the above amount I paid R. Harris in notes the sum of – $120.00 which I owed him.
at another time paid same man – 14.50
1822 July Pd. S. Davis for board – 57.87½
at different times to Kumble for board &c about – 50.00
To B. Whitehead in part of 1822 & 1823 – 15.00
to W. Balthorp in part of 1823. for board &c – 20.00
To E. Turner in 1822 & 1823 for clothing &c – 12.25
To H. Larimore for improvement of land sold – 25.00
1823 in October & November paid for expenses arising from sickness – 43.50
Note given my son, which I do not expect to get – 49.50
1822. paid S. Allen for H. Moody for board – 10.00
To note sent L. Allen (mentioned above) – 14.00
$428.62½

The balance of the price of the land has been in handed by me, in small sums which have escaped my recollection. The deeds which I made for the land should by a law of this state, be registered in the County of Madison where it lies. owing to the distance at which I am from the persons to whom I sold,and from that county, I cannot without great trouble and expense, attain authenticated copies of them, & I would throw myself in my countrys generosity to have that done, if it is considered essential to my being reinstated on the pension list. I came into this county in the fifth day of this month & have ever since been residing with Mr. Isaiah Johnson in this county —
Sworn to, and declared on the 18th day of May 1824, before me Jacob McGavock, Clerk of the Circuit Court held for the County of Davidson Sworn to in open Court       Sam’l Davis

NOTE: On 13 Nov 1824 Samuel Davis made an additional accounting of his finances in which he stated that, “He does not know, nor can he learn, where his son Samuel Davis is.” I note in the file states that Davis’s pension was restored on 27 Dec 1824.

https://revwarapps.org/s39406.pdf

Samuel Davis, Sr. and his wife Lucinda R. Munsey had at total of 10 children.

The West Tennessee U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 document shows that Samuel Davis died on 8 June 1840 at the age of 83 years.

Samuel Davis, Sr. is my 4th Great Grand Uncle.

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1. Revolutionary War App transcribed by C. Leon Harris; https://revwarapps.org/s39406.pdf

2. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1408:1116

The Last Will and Testament of Samuel Davis

 

Samuel Davis}                        

Last Will & Testament}              
Probated & recorded 20}           
February AD 1854}       

The State of Alabama Sumter County

               I Samuel Davis of the Co State &County aforesaid do make publish &  declare this to be my last Will & Testament. I give and bequeath to my Wife Susan Davis the following described lands to wit lying being & situate in Said County to wit the South West Quarter of Section thirty two Township nineteen Range two West. The East half of the South East quarter of section thirty one Same township & Range also five acres of land adjoining the last named half quarter commencing at the South East Corner of the North east quarter of section thirty one Township Nineteen range two West thence North a Sufficient distance to make five acres by running a direct line to the South east Corner of the South West quarter of the North East quarter of the Same Section Township & Range to form a triangle. Also the following Negro Slaves to wit Jincy a woman about forty five years old, and Bill a man about twenty three years old, all my household & Kitchen furniture of every kind & description whatsoever. All my farming tools & implements of every other kind on hand, One bay horse called Sims, one Sorrel mare called Ball one brown mare called Tuss, all my Stock of every kind including Oxens, Cows & calves sheep hogs all the Corn & fodder on hand at the time of my death & grain of any kind and all meats & (illegible?), all the Poultry of every kind ducks chickens &c One loom, all Spinning wheels, Cards &c One wagon & gear, all Saddles  lumber ??? Beehives Potatoes &c in Short, I give her everything of which (pg 36) I may die Seized & possessed not herein after disposed of.

I also give to my Wife Susan Davis the use & occupation of the tract of land I purchased from Robert Arrington Known as the Camp Ground tract and lying on the Sucarnoochee River until my Son Hugh M. Davis Shall arrive at the age of twenty one years, or should he die until he would have arrived at that age, unless my Executor shall sell the same as hereinafter directed and in case he sell the same then she shall receive annually the interest of the purchased money up to the time above named when my Son Hugh will be twenty one years old. It is my will that my Executor Shall sell the Camp ground tract of land last describes as soon as he can get Seven hundred Dollars in cash therefor or on a Credit having interest from date, but not to Sell the same for less and in case of a sale he shall pay over the interest annually to my wife Susan Davis until the time my Son Hugh  arrives at the age of twenty one years, when he shall pay over the principal to my three Sons named in this clause and incase my Executor cannot effect a Sale of Said Lands for the Sum of Seven hundred Dollars before my Son Hugh arrives at the age of twenty one years or incase of his death at the time he would have been twenty one years had he lived them my Executor shall sell said land for what it will bring whether for cash or on a Credit as he may think best, and the proceeds thereof to be equally divided between my three Sons William R. Davis, Hedley Davis and Hugh M. Davis or their legal heirs and in case my wife Susan Davis should have another Son by me either before or after my death such child shall receive his share of the proceeds of such land.
I also give to my Wife Susan Davis the use & occupation of the following lands for her natural life to wit the North West quarter of Section Six Township eighteen Range Two West known as the Edward Williams tract & lying North of Yellow Creek & also the South half of the West half of the South East quarter of Section Twenty five Township Nineteen Range three West being forty acres of land I purchased from Robert Baker. I also give to my wife Susan Davis for her natural life only a negro girl named Sarah about Seventeen years old & her future increase. It is my wish that at the death of my said Wife the said last named two tracts of land & said Negro girl Sarah & her increase Shall be equally divided between my four daughters Mary Davis, Ellen Davis, Amanda C. (pg 37) Davis & Pernry J. Davis or their legal heirs, and incase my wife Susan Davis should have another daughter by me either before or after my death Such child shall receive her share of said Land & negroes. And in case after death of either or any of my daughters above named dying without children then the Survivors or survivor of them shall inherit such land & negroes.   
It is my will that in case my wife Susan Davis shall marry after my death and that my Executor be of opinion that my Sons & daughters above named or any or either of them are improperly treated, by being neglected or abused then the estate credited in my said wife by the last two clauses shall expire and my said Executor shall depose of the property and distribute the same in the same manner as though my wife was dead or my Son Hugh had arrived at the age of twenty one years.
I give a Shot Gun each to my Sons William R. Davis, Hedley Davis & Hugh M. Davis, to be delivered to them at my death.
It is my will that my Executor sell the tract of land purchased by me of George G. Tankenley and known as the Jack Curry tract for Three hundred & fifty Dollars and no less, cash or on a Credit bearing interest from date purchased he can do so in three years from the time of my death and in case he cannot sell the same for that Sum within that time, then to sell the same for what in [it] may bring  either for cash or on a Credit as he may think best and when he sells the same and collects the money in case it be Sold on a Credit then I wish the proceeds divided between my four oldest children to wit: James T. Davis, John W. Davis, Jesse P Davis & Rachel L. Walton wife of Richard Walton in the proportion that each Son shall receive double what Rachel receives. And then (illegible?) issues & profits of said Land until the same be sold. I wish my Executors to pay over to my wife Susan Davis for the use and Support of her & my minor children.
It is my Will that my Executor sell& dispose of in any manner he may think proper, my Cotton Crop and (illegible?) at the time of my death or any other property not herein disposed of, promissory notes  (illegible?) inaction, or other evidence of debt and (illegible) then from a sufficient sum of money to pay off all my debts & that he pay off and discharge the same and (pg 38) should any moneys (illegible?) in hand or effect come to his hands I want the same paid over to my wife Susan Davis to be expended by her in improving her dwelling & out houses or in repairs in her land, and in the Support maintenance & Education of my minor children.
I hereby appoint John W. Harris Executor of this my last Will and testament and directs that letter testamentary be issued & granted to him without his giving bond & security and that in carrying out this Will he shall continue the same and carry out my instructions according to his judgment & without any liability whatsoever on him except it be a willful violation of this my Will.
Given under my hand & seals this 18 day of December A.D. 1849.
                                                                                    Samuel Davis {Seal}
Signed Sealed in presence of}
H. H. Harris J. A. Abrahams}
D. Maggard}
Since the making of the foregoing Will I have sold & conveyed to Stephen Potts a part of the lands named therein and have purchased from Robert A Baker & his wife Nancy E. Baker others land in lieu thereof as endorsed by a Deed of this date made to me by the Said Baker & wife and I hereby make publish & declare the following Codicil to this my last Will & testament. In lieu of the lands willed to my three Sons I give & bequeath to them the lands described in the Deed of said Baker & wife to me & (illegible) my land Deed containing one hundred & forty two 75/100 acres Subject to the same instructions & under the same Stipulations named in the forgoing Will -- and as heirs of the lands Willed to my Wife Susan Davis I give & bequeath to her the residues of the land named & divided in the Said Deed of Baker & wife to me containing two hundred & sixty eight 50/100 dollars acres Subject at the same restrictions& under the same Stipulations named the 18 day of September A. D. 1851.
Signed & Sealed in the presence of}                             Samuel Davis {Seal}
W. Waldo Shinner Thos. A. Johnston}
F. M. Potts
 
I Samuel Davis the maker of the foregoing Will and Codicil being of Sound mind do make publish & declare this additional and future Codicil to my last Will and testaments and as an addition thereto herby ratifying and confirming the (pg 39) aforesaid Will and Codicil as my free act and deed. It is my will that my Executor Jno. W. Harris shall have full and ample power to continue my said Will and codicils and that his actions in relation thereto shall be binding and Valid and that no Court shall construe or direct the execution of the same and that my said executor shall do and cause to be done any and all things he may deem right and proper and from his decisions then shall be no appeal but his acts shall be declared final and absolute, and further that my said executor shall have full and ample power to Sell either at private or public sale without an order or under the direction of any Court or tribunal any oral or formal or mixed property and make and convey full and ample (illegible?) thereto in order that he may execute my said Will & codicil according to his construction of the same. Witness my hand and seal this the Second day of July A.D. 1853.
Signed & Sealed acknowledged in the presence}      Samuel Davis {Seal}
E. A. Millard W. A. Wallis M. P. Horne}
 
The State of Alabama}  Personally appeared in open Court
Sumter County}      James A. Abrahams one of the Subscribing Witness to the foregoing Will who being first duly Sworn deposes & Says that Samuel Davis whose name appears thereto did whilst of Sound & disposing mind & memory acknowledged in the presence of said Witness & and of Daniel Maggard another of the said Witness that he, Signed, Sealed, published & declared the Same to be his true Last Will & Testament & that both said Witnesses Subscribed their names as witness as to Valid Will in the presence & at the request of such testator on the day & year therein recorded.  
                                                                                                                            J. A. Abrahams
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
 B. J. Hijunes Feby 20 1854
I E. A Millard one of the Subscribing Witness to the foregoing Codicil hereby Certify that Samuel Davis whose named appears thento did whilst of Sound & deposing mind & memory Sign Seal publish & declare the Land last mentioned Codicil as a part of his last Will & testament as well in the presence of his affiant as of Wm A. Wallis & M. P. Horne the other subscribing witness then to and that all Said Witnesses (pg 40)  ?? them ?? as witness to valid Codicil at the request in the presence of said testator and in the presence of each other on the 20 day of July 1853.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me}                                                                     E. A. Millard
Feby 20 1854 J. H. Harris Sol.}
 
J. W. Waldo Whereas one of the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing Codicil dated 18 Sept 1851 hereby certify that I saw Saml Davis whose name appears thento whilst of Sound &disposing mind & memory as will in the presence of affiant as of L. M. Potts & T. A. Johnston the other Subscribing Witnesses then to Sign Seal publish & declare the Land as a part of his true last Will & Testament  and that all Said Witnesses subscribed their names as witness thento in the presence & at the request of said testator in the day & year therein named.
Sworn & Subscribed before me}                                                                        W. Waldo
J. H. Harris

Samuel Davis was born in 1789 or 1790, a son of Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers. An affidavit signed by Rilah Smith says that he was born 28 Oct. 1788 and that he was three months older than Samuel the first child. Samuel went west in 1828 taking the family bible with records of birth of all the children. Thus, Samuel was born Jan 1789. In the 1850 Census, Samuel gives his age as 60 and Harry Alexander Davis in his Book gives a specific date of 13 August 1790 for Samuel Davis.

About 1809, at the age of 19 or 20 Samuel married Sarah Weaver in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Samuel and his family actually left around 1822-1823 and moved to Butler County, Alabama. There the following year (1824) Sarah (Weaver) Davis passed away. Samuel was left a widow with children to raise.

On 2 November 1830, Samuel Davis married Susannah Campbell. Twenty-one years and  9 additional children from his second marriage Samuel Davis, age 64, died on 14 September 1853 in Sumter County, Alabama. Susannah (Campbell) Davis, 2nd wife, never remarried and died after June 1880 when the Census was counted. The 1812 pension file says about 1887. No tombstone have been found for Samuel Davis, his 1st wife, Sarah Weaver or his 2nd Wife, Susannah Campbell) Davis. Samuel’s death and marriage to Susannah Campbell is documented in his War of 1812 pension file. [War of 1812 Pension File pages 10 & 11 and Vol 8, Orphans Records, Sumter County, Alabama.]

She further state that she was married to the said Samuel Davis in Greene County, Alabama on the 2nd day of November 1830, by one C. C. Fields a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before marriage was Susannah Campbell, that her said husband died in Sumter County, Alabama on the14th day of September 1853 and that she has remained a widow ever since. [Page 10 War of 1812>https://www.fold3.com/image/307402989]

Samuel Davis is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle

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1. Thomas DAVIS and W-8655, compiled military record (1779-1783), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.

2. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record Group Number 15, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls (Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA, ), https://www.fold3.com/image/307402991, Samuel Davis Pension Record, 6 Nov. 1814 to 16 Mar. 1815.

3. Greene County, Alabama, Will Book 2, pages 36-42 Last Will of Samuel Davis; Probate Office, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

4. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432_15.

5. Sumter County, Alabama, Probate Files & Loose papers, Death of Samuel Davis; "Sumter County Court Minutes," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed online 3 June 2021); Estate of Samuel Davis.

6. Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 123.

7. 1860 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, Sumter, Alabama, Page 525; Line 21, Dwelling 479, Family 479, Household of Susan DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_24.

8. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0031.

Surname Saturday~Thomas Davis Family

Over the forthcoming Saturday for the next two to three months I will be highlighting and documenting 11 children of Thomas Davis and his wife Nancy Rivers.

Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers are my 4th great grand parents. I wrote about Thomas and Nancy here:

• http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/01/thomas-davis-revolutionary-soldier.html
• http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/06/surname-saturday-thomas-davis-4th-great.html

We will highlight their children in the order of their birth. Their known first born was Samuel Davis born Jan 1789. 
In Nancy Rivers Davis pension application Rilah Smith made these two statements
The he (Rilah Smith) was born 28 October 1788.



That he (Rilah Smith were school-fellows with the two oldest son, William & Samuel, of Thomas & Nancy Rivers and that he was three months older than Samuel this first child.



Samuel Davis was born about Jan 1789 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹ He appeared in the census in 1850 in Scattering, Sumter, Alabama.² He died on 29 Oct 1857 at the age of 68 in Sumter County, Alabama.

Samuel Davis and Sarah Weaver were married about 1809 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. Sarah Weaver was born on 13 May 1793 in South Carolina. She died on 14 Dec 1824 at the age of 31 in Dallas County, Alabama.

Samuel Davis and Sarah Weaver had the following children:

i. Margaret Sarah Davis was born on 2 Jul 1810 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. She died in 1811 at the age of 1 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
ii. Sarah Ann Davis was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 
2 iii. James Francis Davis, born 16 Sep 1816, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Mary Billeys, 1840; died 1863.
iv. Thomas Davis was born on 5 Mar 1819 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was buried in Texas.
v. Charlotte Davis was born on 12 Feb 1824 in Butler County, Alabama. She died on 13 Feb 1824 at the age of 0.

Samuel Davis and Susan Campbell were married on 1 Nov 1830 in Greene, Alabama. Susan Campbell was born in Jul 1814 in Alabama. ³ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Southern Division, Sumter, Alabama.^{4 5} She died after Jun 1880 at the age of 65 in Sumter County, Alabama.

Samuel Davis and Susan Campbell had the following children:

 i. William R. Davis, born 23 Feb 1830, Butler Co.,Alabama; married Mary Ann Brown, 1857, Alabama.
ii. Catherine Davis was born in Jun 1832 in Alabama.
iii. John Hadley Davis was born on 3 Nov 1834 in Alabama. ⁶ He died after 1870 at the age of 36. A Memorial has been created for him at www.findagrave.com. [Find A Grave Memorial# 67666180]
iv. Hugh M. Davis was born on 31 May 1836 in Alabama. ⁷ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Livingston, Sumter, Alabama.⁸
v. Mary Martha Davis, born 19 Dec 1838, Alabama; married William James, 1859, Alabama.
vi. Ellen Davis was born on 1 Dec 1840 in Alabama. ^{9 10} She died in Dec 1921 at the age of 81.
vii. Amanda C. Davis, born 29 Jun 1842, Alabama; married Martin Davis, 1859.
viii. Pernicia Jane Davis was born in Nov 1844 in Alabama. She was buried in Texas.
ix. Emma Davis was born on 9 Jan 1851 in Alabama. ¹¹ She died in 1920 at the age of 69.
Samuel Davis was the only child of Thomas and Nancy that didn't remain in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. In a sworn affidavit dated February 16th, 1853 William Davis stated that the Family Bible was taken out West some  twenty-five years ago by her son, Samuel Davis. 


 
 
 
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1. Thomas DAVIS and W-8655, compiled military record (1779-1783), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432_15.
3. Ibid.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, Sumter, Alabama, Page 525; Line 21, Dwelling 479, Family 479, Household of Susan DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_24.
5. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 11 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0031.
6. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS.
7. Ibid.
8. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, ED 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS.
9. 1850 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Scattering, Sumter County, Alabama, Page 296A, Line 17, Dwelling 607, Family 616, Household of Samuel DAVIS.
10. Ibid.
11. 1880 U. S. Census, Sumter County, Alabama, population schedule, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, ED 164, Page: 423D; Line 4, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Hugh M. DAVIS.